IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999ND015002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999ND015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999ND015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0597
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12101
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.8404160
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6397476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND015—Burleigh
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND015—Burleigh County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 19 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    BOGR2

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

    blue grama

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    546

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    135

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04014
    A2—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04015
    Bt1—19 to 37 centimeters (7.5 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04016. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198808; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198808
    Bt2—37 to 54 centimeters (14.6 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04017. horizon Bt2 has same sample number as Bt1 00P1485.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198809; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198809
    2Bk—54 to 135 centimeters (21.3 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and coarse light gray (10YR 7/2) throughout and 2 percent fine gray (5Y 5/1) and 20 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04018. 5cm gl zone on top of horizon; DOT l.
    2BCk—135 to 175 centimeters (53.1 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; coarse irregular light gray (10YR 7/2) throughout and 2 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 15 percent fine and medium carbonate masses; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04019. observ. method: 135-175 (P), 175-245 (A); CaCO3 bottom of pebbles.
    3Cr—175 to 245 centimeters (68.9 to 96.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; loam; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 15 percent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 3 percent gray (5Y 6/1) throughout and 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) throughout; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 00P04020. 245-300 sandstone upper 30cm has CAM a part, 10-30cm a part; DOT ;.